PMID- 38320591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240208 LR - 20240208 IS - 1462-0332 (Electronic) IS - 1462-0324 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - SI DP - 2024 Feb 6 TI - Antiphospholipid syndrome pathogenesis in 2023: an update of new mechanisms or just a reconsideration of the old ones? PG - SI4-SI13 LID - 10.1093/rheumatology/kead603 [doi] AB - Antibodies against phospholipid (aPL)-binding proteins, in particular, beta 2 glycoprotein I (beta2GPI), are diagnostic/classification and pathogenic antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). beta2GPI-aPL recognize their target on endothelium and trigger a pro-thrombotic phenotype which is amplified by circulating monocytes, platelets and neutrophils. Complement activation is required as supported by the lack of aPL-mediated effects in animal models when the complement cascade is blocked. The final result is a localized clot. A strong generalized inflammatory response is associated with catastrophic APS, the clinical variant characterized by systemic thrombotic microangiopathy. A two-hit hypothesis was suggested to explain why persistent aPL are associated with acute events only when a second hit allows antibody/complement binding by modulating beta2GPI tissue presentation. beta2GPI/beta2GPI-aPL are also responsible for obstetric APS, being the molecule physiologically present in placental/decidual tissues. Additional mechanisms mediated by aPL with different characteristics have been reported, but their diagnostic/prognostic value is still a matter of research. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Raschi, Elena AU - Raschi E AD - Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. FAU - Borghi, Maria Orietta AU - Borghi MO AD - Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. AD - Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. FAU - Tedesco, Francesco AU - Tedesco F AD - Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. FAU - Meroni, Pier Luigi AU - Meroni PL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3394-1451 AD - Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. LA - eng GR - Italian Ministry of Health/ PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Rheumatology (Oxford) JT - Rheumatology (Oxford, England) JID - 100883501 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Antiphospholipid) RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (beta 2-Glycoprotein I) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Pregnancy MH - *Antiphospholipid Syndrome/complications MH - Antibodies, Antiphospholipid MH - Placenta/pathology MH - Autoantibodies MH - Complement Activation MH - *Thrombosis/etiology MH - beta 2-Glycoprotein I OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-phospholipid syndrome OT - beta2 glycoprotein I OT - complement OT - endothelium OT - inflammation OT - miscarriages OT - monocytes OT - neutrophils OT - platelets OT - thrombosis EDAT- 2024/02/07 00:42 MHDA- 2024/02/08 06:43 CRDT- 2024/02/06 19:03 PHST- 2023/10/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/08 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/07 00:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/06 19:03 [entrez] AID - 7601823 [pii] AID - 10.1093/rheumatology/kead603 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Feb 6;63(SI):SI4-SI13. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead603.